A relationship ended with gunshots in a Council Bluffs home on Saturday.

A Council Bluffs man expressed shock after learning his brother shot his girlfriend and then killed himself Saturday.

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The murder-suicide case leaves six children without parents.

Council Bluffs police believe Terry Francis turned a gun on Stephony Metzger Saturday morning, then shot himself inside a trailer at Bluffs Acres. A neighbor told KETV-TV that Metzger tried to leave Francis.

Ron Francis, Terry Francis’ brother, said he never thought his brother could do something like this. He said the couple was looking at houses together last week.

“I don’t believe he went over there to harm here, I really don’t,” Francis said. “Terry wasn’t the type of person. He went over there to make a point and I think, to tell her, ‘Look, we’re not going to be together, it’s not worth living,’ and I think he was going to shoot himself in front of her.”

Investigators said the shootings happened while two of Metzger’s children were at home.

A neighbor, who told KETV-TV Metzger wanted to leave Francis, said she can’t believe Metzger is gone.

“She was a great person,” said Jennifer Iwersen. “She loved her kids. I’m telling you, her kids were her life. She’d do anything for them.”

Metzger had three children, as did Francis.

“Terry loved them like they were stepkids,” said Ron Francis, of Metzger’s children. “He adored those kids, and he’s got three kids of his own that are heartbroken, destroyed. This has destroyed our whole family, two families.”

Ron Francis said he feels terrible for Metzger’s family. He says he’ll try to be there for the family his brother left behind.

“He's my best friend,” said Francis. “I don’t know how I'm going to go on without him, but I've got to do it for his kids.”